Electronic Signatures - ABB SM500F User Manual

SM500F
Field mountable paperless recorder

4.4.1 Electronic Signatures

Entering an electronic signature is the equivalent to signing the chart of a conventional paper
recorder. Local procedures may require the approval of a record by an authorized signatory; for
this reason, an electronic signature is password protected.
Create a new signature
Select one of 7 previously
defined signatures
(see below)
Note
If more than one
process group is
enabled (see
Section 7.6.1,
page 74), assign the
signature to one or
more groups
Fig. 4.4 Entering an Electronic Signature
Note. Up to 7 electronic signatures can be stored in the instrument's memory. If 7 signatures exist and a
new one is created, the oldest is overwritten.
IM/SM500F Rev. Z
or...
Enter Password
(see Section 5.1.1, page 49)
Create new signature or
edit an existing one.
Electronic signature is entered into alarm log.
If Operator Message annotation is enabled
(see page 87), the electronic signature is also
displayed on the chart.
4 Operation
Invalid
Password
Entered
Valid
Password
Entered
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